Before loading guns, hunters loading smartphones with apps

9:34 PM,
Nov. 22, 2012

Written by

Ben Jones
USA TODAY

There was a time when hunters took to the woods with little more than a gun and ammunition. But as thousands gear up for the start of hunting season this month, many will be armed with something a lot more technical.

Tim Kuski of Wausau, Wis., will navigate the terrain around Rhinelander with satellite maps he downloaded on his smartphone as he takes part in his state's deer hunting season. "In my whole life, we used topographic maps to move around," Kuski says. "Now, with cellphone reception what it is, the GPS and the satellite views are amazing."